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State Association for the
Preservation of Iowa Cemeteries
(SAPIC)

SAPIC
21813 170th St.
Birmingham IA 52535-8046


OUR PIONEER CEMETERY CONCERNS

Iowa law defines a "Pioneer Cemetery" as one in which there have been six or fewer burials in the past 50 years. If you know of a cemetery that qualifies for this distinction, and would like to have it recognized, please contact the
State Association for the Preservation of Iowa Cemeteries to have it recorded.  See our PURPOSE below.

JULY SAPIC MEETING AGENDA

You are invited to attend the next SAPIC meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 11, 2009 at The Plaza, 25 W. Charles St., Oelwein, hosted by the Fayette County Pioneer Cemetery Commission. 9 a.m. Refreshments – Doors Open to Public
10 a.m. Call to order
Welcome to Oelwein
Approval of Agenda, Additions to Agenda
Appointment of Acting Secretary for the day
Introductions
   Fayette County hosts (who will provide needed information for the day)
   County and State officials present
   Members and guests present- (tell about activity in your county)
Lunch Orders ($ 5, for 6” Subway, chips and drink.)
Minutes for April 18, 2009 meeting
Treasurer’s Report
Newsletter report
Old Business
   Mike Magee- Syracuse Cemetery, Bremer County, case still in court
   Bill Reedy, Steve Story, others-2009 Pioneer Cemetery Legislation
   SAPIC display ‘kiosk or booth’ at Iowa State Capitol Rotunda, 2010
   Brochures for Iowa General Assembly
New Business
   Grant Applications-discuss & vote on each-five applications as of July 6-from Monona, Clinton, Adams, Madison, Lucas counties
   Effects and future of Pioneer Cemetery Legislation since its origin
Continued discussion of 3 or 4 meetings a year, dates of the meeting
Site and date of October 2009 meeting
Other business, legal questions and (perhaps) answers
Adjournment by noon for lunch, which will be in the meeting room.
12:30 pm-Motor caravan to Otsego Pioneer Cemetery, near Oelwein, easy to find, will have leading and trailing vehicles

Whether you come from the north, east, south or west into downtown Oelwein, you will make one turn only- at the downtown junction of Iowa highways 3 and 150. This junction includes a Kwik Star gas station and convenience store and a Presbyterian Church. Turn WEST, and go two blocks to the Oelwein Chamber of Commerce Building (The Plaza) on the north side of the street. There is a large parking lot on the west side of The Plaza, and you will enter the WEST doors to the meeting rooms. Free sweets, juice, coffee will be available by 9 a.m.


Iowa Cemetery Laws and Procedures

PREVIOUS Carter Award Winners
(Nominations due July 1each year)

Keith Street Memorial Award Application
(Applications due 9-1)

Cemetery Survey Form


E-Mail List: To join the Iowa Cemeteries  e-mail list hosted by SAPIC member Fred Reese, each person must subscribe to the list individually by sending an e-mail message to  IA-Cemeteries-L-request@rootsweb.com  Leave the subject area blank. Put only the word subscribe within the message and nothing else. You will receive a confirmation that you have been subscribed to the list, along with instructions on participating. There are hundreds of folks already on this list who monitor it and post to it, so every post is not necessarily from a member of SAPIC. Most folks who are on the list are genealogists searching for relatives or directions to a cemetery in the state or have questions about our cemeteries. Everyone does what they can to answer them.

Suggestions for forming a Cemetery Commission

SAPIC
MEMBERSHIP

OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS

CEMETERY COMMISSIONS
IN IOWA

GRAVESTONE REPAIR

ABOUT SAPIC

RELATED LINKS

See the newest Reports from Iowa Counties that support preservation of Pioneer Cemeteries printed in Grave News, the newsletter of the State Association for the Preservation of Iowa Cemeteries. 


SAPIC's PURPOSE
SAPIC was organized in 1996 with the following goals:

A. To identify all cemeteries in Iowa

B. To take such measurements as are necessary, possible and reasonable to protect these cemeteries, and the monuments contained in them, from danger due to natural causes or from human encroachment.

C. To provide guidance and educational materials for use by the people entrusted with the preservation of these cemeteries and monuments contained in them.

D. To compile and distribute information about the proper maintenance techniques for these cemeteries and the monuments contained in them.

E. To provide advice and information to legislative bodies empowered to pass legislation creating a legal framework for the protection, the preservation and maintenance of these cemeteries and the monuments contained in them are enforced.

F. To act as a monitor of the administrative and management personal of these cemeteries, to ensure that the legal measures for the protection, preservation and maintenance of the cemeteries and the monuments in them are enforced.

 


IOWA GRAVESTONE PHOTO PROJECT
Researchers may submit photos and transcriptions of their ancestor's gravestones and connect with yet-to-be-discovered cousins in the process. This database includes a search mechanism that may be used within a county or statewide at Gravestone Photos from Iowa Cemeteries. 


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